"debag" meaning in English

See debag in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /diːˈbæɡ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-debag.wav [Southern-England] Forms: debags [present, singular, third-person], debagging [participle, present], debagged [participle, past], debagged [past]
Rhymes: -æɡ Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Old Norse baggibor.? Old French baguebor.? Middle English bagge English bag English debag From de- + bag. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|de-|bag|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Old Norse baggibor.? Old French baguebor.? Middle English bagge English bag English debag [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "of", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*de", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₁", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*déh₁", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*dē", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "dē", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "dē-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "de-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Old Norse", "term" : "baggi", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "non" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "bague", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "bagge", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "bag", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "debag", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="debag"> From de- + bag. Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} debag (third-person singular simple present debags, present participle debagging, simple past and past participle debagged)
  1. (transitive) To remove (something) from a bag. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-debag-en-verb-58sT~vd4 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 31 34 35
  2. (transitive, slang) To pull down the trousers of a person quickly by surprise, as a prank. Tags: slang, transitive Synonyms: pants, dekeck
    Sense id: en-debag-en-verb--VHmcHRn Categories (other): English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 31 34 35
  3. (surgery) To perform blepharoplasty; to remove eyebags.
    Sense id: en-debag-en-verb-OURXwS8V Categories (other): Surgery, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de-, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 20 29 51 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 20 29 51 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 18 69 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 31 34 35 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 16 22 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 14 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 11 80 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 13 23 64 Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: debagger

Inflected forms

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